Opinion
One Teacher's Mea Culpa

    Mea culpa, I teach in Laguna Beach and didn't show the president's speech on the first day of school. But, please, make no mistake about motives, responsibilities or censorship: No one forbade me to air this address. Full Story
Praise For Fraisse

    Although I am not one of the parents who called the superintendent's office or the school board, I would like to commend Dr. Fraisse and the Laguna Beach School Board for their action regarding the presidential speech on the first day of school. Instead of being vilified, Dr. Full Story
A Call for Candor

    Given that last week I took the LB Indy to task for a misleading header, I'd like to congratulate you for a good one in the next issue. Both header, "Right of Way" and title, "Political Pretenses" were perfect for Amy Kramer's opinion piece. However, the content, an exercise in sophistry, was disappointing. Full Story
Just Say No to Pot Dispensaries

    Thank you City Council for rejecting the addition of medicinal marijuana dispensaries to town. All one has to do to see how these prescriptions are being abused is take a stroll down the Venice boardwalk and try to avoid the barkers outside the numerous pot shops hawking "free consultations. Full Story
Getting it Wrong Here

    I'd like to know who gave Toni Iseman the gift of being able to discern who's "healthy" and who's not (along with their age) just by watching them walk in and out of a doctor's office? Many, many people may appear to be healthy as they walk about town but may suffer with any number of chronic illnesses, myself included. Full Story
Advocate's Rebuttal

    In a Sept. 8 letter to the editor Mike Gleason finds "interesting" that I didn't mention my rather broadly reported role in last December's ACLU lawsuit in my Aug. 21 guest column. But, except for that role, why the column? Full Story
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    The good news is that there was an excellent selection of letters to the editor last week. I am happy to see that a large portion of our locals seems to understand that we live in the 21st century, Full Story
Shedding Light on Health Reform

    The League of Women Voters hosted a dynamic town hall meeting about health care reform, Saturday, Sept. 12 at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Speakers were Dr. Joe Dunn, chief executive officer of the California Medical Association, who discussed health care reform methods, and ways to achieve the same from the viewpoint of doctors in his association. Full Story
Walk a Block, Soothe the Neighbors

    I grew up in the Midwest where the weather is awful much of the time. I have lived on Skyline Drive for the last eight years and am forced to drive by Laguna Beach High whenever I leave home. At 7:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. this is no picnic. There is rarely rain, or frigid wind, or snow in Laguna. Full Story
Appreciating the Town on Two-Wheels

    Did anyone catch the two bicycle related stories in the Laguna Independent this week? On the front page above the fold, column one page one reads "Man Dies Riding El Moro Trails" by Ted Reckas. In the same issue almost last page B8 column one reads "Critical Mass Bike Ride Gets Rolling Sept. 19. Full Story
Kudos for School- Power's Palooza

    What a Laguna Beach Sunday! SchoolPower put on a fantastic family event; beautiful location, sunny weather, kids running about, good food, fantastic music, good friends, and even shaved ice. All of this good energy was put forth to support all of our schools in Laguna Beach. Full Story
Fuming Over a Citation

    Months ago, everyone was concerned about local businesses. The City Council went on record with their concern wanting to help local businesses, resulting in the closing of a downtown street one night a month and the mayor wanting to make it easier for "chains" to open in Laguna. We waited for the council's help. Full Story